A possible way to stop the daily spambots

**anon** · 05-03-2011, 07:26 PM

Which most of the regulars are already familiar with - they have "1" as their location and spam a few threads with the same message after registering.

I've already posted what the measure itself consists on in a report thread, so I'll just quote myself:

Originally Posted by anon-sbi

Right now the registration form only has a reCaptcha to protect against bots. These days that measure is no longer effective. In contrast, asking random questions (such as "file*******talk - fill the blank" or "how much is 4+9?") appears to be an effective measure against them - at least, that's the case on two other forums I staff on.

Even if it doesn't stop them, it will work to prevent other kinds of spambots from even registering.

**Cabalo** · 05-03-2011, 07:35 PM

Thanks, it's already in discussion.

**mjmacky** · 05-04-2011, 02:11 AM

Mission. Fucking. Accomplished (it's a link)

**anon** · 05-09-2011, 03:19 PM

Good job adding them. There weren't any of those idiots today.

**mjmacky** · 05-09-2011, 05:54 PM

I can't remember what site I was on, but it was a ReCaptcha making me put a puzzle together (bears on bikes, photograph, etc.), I ended up spending more time on that than all the other information I needed to parse.

**anon** · 05-09-2011, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by mjmacky

I can't remember what site I was on, but it was a ReCaptcha making me put a puzzle together (bears on bikes, photograph, etc.)

Perhaps their intention wasn't to weed bots out, but people who don't have the necessary brain power to do that.

**tesco** · 05-09-2011, 10:56 PM

Originally Posted by mjmacky

I can't remember what site I was on, but it was a ReCaptcha making me put a puzzle together (bears on bikes, photograph, etc.), I ended up spending more time on that than all the other information I needed to parse.

That's just going too far, it drives away potential members who don't want to put up with that shit.

Originally Posted by anon-sbi

Good job adding them. There weren't any of those idiots today.

So it worked?